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38 U.S.C. 1729A: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund

Created in 1997 by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33). Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 38 U.S.C. 1785, 38 U.S.C. 8165.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Department of Veterans Affairs (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2003

    • Pub. L. 108–183, §708(a)(2)(A), struck out "after June 30, 1997," after "collected" in introductory provisions. (Veterans Benefits Act of 2003) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–7 added pars. (8) and (9) and redesignated former par. (8) as (10). (Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–183, §708(a)(2)(B), struck out par. (3) which related to duties of the Secretary for fiscal year 1998. (Veterans Benefits Act of 2003) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 108–183, §708(a)(2)(C), (D), redesignated subsec. (f) as (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which required the Secretary to submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives quarterly reports on the operation of the section for fi… (Veterans Benefits Act of 2003) Law text · (e), (f)

    2002

    • Pub. L. 107–135 added par. (7) and redesignated former par. (7) as (8). (Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001) Law text · (b), (8)

    1999

    • Pub. L. 106–117, §111(b)(1), added par. (5) and redesignated former pars. (5) and (6) as (6) and (7), respectively. (Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 106–117, §203, struck out par. (1) designation, substituted "each Department health care facility" for "each designated health care region" and "each facility" for "each region", substituted "such facility" for "such region" in two places, and struck out par. (2) which read as … (Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act) Law text · (d)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.